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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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bloomer

/ˈbluː.mə(ɹ)/ noun, proper noun

Also a form of bloomers

Forms bloomers

  1. noun An ironworker.
  2. noun (informal, originally Australia) A large or embarrassing mistake; blunder.
  3. noun A circular loaf of white bread.
  4. noun A blooming flower.
  5. noun (figurative) One who blooms, matures, or develops. “She was a late bloomer.”
  6. noun (historical) A reform costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the ankles, and often a broad-brimmed hat.
  7. noun (historical, by extension) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
  8. proper noun A surname originating as an occupation.

Synonyms

aberration blooper blunder boner boo-boo break clanger cock-up disadventure error fault faux pas floater flub fluff fuckup gaffe goof howler inaccuracy bungle pratfall foul-up botch

Etymology

From Middle English blomer, from blome (“iron ingot”) (modern English bloom), from Old English blōma.

Named after American women's-rights activist Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894), who sought to introduce this style of dress.

From Middle English Blomer, from Middle English bloma (“ingot of iron”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.
  2. noun A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.

Etymology [From Mrs. Bloomer, an American, who sought to introduce this style of dress.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “bloomer”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details